diff --git a/pipewire-jack/src/pipewire-jack.c b/pipewire-jack/src/pipewire-jack.c
index 3cff783c1..9cc7a651c 100644
--- a/pipewire-jack/src/pipewire-jack.c
+++ b/pipewire-jack/src/pipewire-jack.c
@@ -2204,7 +2204,12 @@ jack_client_t * jack_client_open (const char *client_name,
 	client->node_id = SPA_ID_INVALID;
 	strncpy(client->name, client_name, JACK_CLIENT_NAME_SIZE);
 	client->context.loop = pw_thread_loop_new(client_name, NULL);
-	client->context.context = pw_context_new(pw_thread_loop_get_loop(client->context.loop), NULL, 0);
+	client->context.context = pw_context_new(
+			pw_thread_loop_get_loop(client->context.loop),
+			pw_properties_new(
+				PW_KEY_CONTEXT_PROFILE_MODULES, "default,rtkit",
+				NULL),
+			0);
 	client->allow_mlock = client->context.context->defaults.mem_allow_mlock;
 	spa_list_init(&client->context.free_objects);
 	spa_list_init(&client->context.nodes);
diff --git a/src/pipewire/context.c b/src/pipewire/context.c
index 77547d16c..e585543d0 100644
--- a/src/pipewire/context.c
+++ b/src/pipewire/context.c
@@ -74,15 +74,26 @@ struct factory_entry {
 
 static int load_module_profile(struct pw_context *this, const char *profile)
 {
+	const char *str, *state = NULL;
+	size_t len;
+
 	pw_log_debug(NAME" %p: module profile %s", this, profile);
-	if (strcmp(profile, "default") == 0) {
-		pw_context_load_module(this, "libpipewire-module-rtkit", NULL, NULL);
-		pw_context_load_module(this, "libpipewire-module-protocol-native", NULL, NULL);
-		pw_context_load_module(this, "libpipewire-module-client-node", NULL, NULL);
-		pw_context_load_module(this, "libpipewire-module-client-device", NULL, NULL);
-		pw_context_load_module(this, "libpipewire-module-adapter", NULL, NULL);
-		pw_context_load_module(this, "libpipewire-module-metadata", NULL, NULL);
-		pw_context_load_module(this, "libpipewire-module-session-manager", NULL, NULL);
+
+	while ((str = pw_split_walk(profile, ", ", &len, &state)) != NULL) {
+		if (strncmp(str, "default", len) == 0) {
+			pw_log_debug(NAME" %p: loading default profile", this);
+			pw_context_load_module(this, "libpipewire-module-protocol-native", NULL, NULL);
+			pw_context_load_module(this, "libpipewire-module-client-node", NULL, NULL);
+			pw_context_load_module(this, "libpipewire-module-client-device", NULL, NULL);
+			pw_context_load_module(this, "libpipewire-module-adapter", NULL, NULL);
+			pw_context_load_module(this, "libpipewire-module-metadata", NULL, NULL);
+			pw_context_load_module(this, "libpipewire-module-session-manager", NULL, NULL);
+		} else if (strncmp(str, "rtkit", len) == 0) {
+			pw_log_debug(NAME" %p: loading rtkit profile", this);
+			pw_context_load_module(this, "libpipewire-module-rtkit", NULL, NULL);
+		} else {
+			pw_log_warn(NAME" %p: unknown profile %.*s", this, (int) len, str);
+		}
 	}
 	return 0;
 }